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Trump wrong for presidency: Letter

I am particularly upset after the recent Republican debate. Result — Trump will not get my support.

We must select the right candidate to lead our party and nation on a more secure path. I have concluded that Trump is not the one. He has a history of being a “deal maker”— making deals with progressives as long as it fits his personal strategy at the moment. Deals with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and supporting the Clintons were dangerous moves and should have never happened. He has yet to admit that his presidential “deals” cannot be made in most cases without congressional approval, and he has no experience in securing consensus from a divided Congress. He is not their boss and he cannot fire them.

The final straw for my decision was the debate in South Carolina where he lost his composure — a trait that a president is not allowed, especially when his allegations are questionable. He alleges president Bush lied about the WMDs and had the opportunity to avoid the 9/11 attack. It is true that the divided work product of the CIA and the FBI left gaps in intelligence that could have been avoided. Clearly the intelligence was faulty. Trump can speculate, but there is no way that he could have enough evidence to know if Bush lied, and could have avoided the tragedy. Virtually every American politician (including Hillary) agreed on the Iraq dangers, and that Iraq had violated multiple mandates of the Security Council. Trump was not in a single national security meeting, thus having no credible basis to offer a negative opinion.

His personal insults to the other candidates and his casual use of vulgarity is demeaning to the presidency. America does not deserve this type person nor his language.

I will support the Republican candidate in the presidential election. Hillary is not an option. I just hope it’s not Trump.